Live updates: Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel has begunMagicShel@programming.dev to News@lemmy.world – 255 points – 2 months agonbcnews.com162Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent comment would be considered a military failure by any other western county. I doubt it. Western countries understand that ninety percent of war-time casualties are civilians. Is your argument that the UN considered 90% civilian casualties as a successful mission?No, my argument is that Western armies consider that the expected casualty rate for wartime. The UN prefers zero casualties, and also zero war. But Western armies rarely live up to UN ideals.1 more...1 more...Argument made by an antisemitic genocide justifier. Nazis are in vogue again. 1 more...
would be considered a military failure by any other western county. I doubt it. Western countries understand that ninety percent of war-time casualties are civilians. Is your argument that the UN considered 90% civilian casualties as a successful mission?No, my argument is that Western armies consider that the expected casualty rate for wartime. The UN prefers zero casualties, and also zero war. But Western armies rarely live up to UN ideals.1 more...1 more...Argument made by an antisemitic genocide justifier. Nazis are in vogue again. 1 more...
Is your argument that the UN considered 90% civilian casualties as a successful mission?No, my argument is that Western armies consider that the expected casualty rate for wartime. The UN prefers zero casualties, and also zero war. But Western armies rarely live up to UN ideals.1 more...1 more...
No, my argument is that Western armies consider that the expected casualty rate for wartime. The UN prefers zero casualties, and also zero war. But Western armies rarely live up to UN ideals.1 more...
I doubt it.
Western countries understand that ninety percent of war-time casualties are civilians.
Is your argument that the UN considered 90% civilian casualties as a successful mission?
No, my argument is that Western armies consider that the expected casualty rate for wartime.
The UN prefers zero casualties, and also zero war. But Western armies rarely live up to UN ideals.
Argument made by an antisemitic genocide justifier.
Nazis are in vogue again.